{"podcast":{"title":"The Hoon","slug":"the-hoon-6684157","podcast_index_feed_id":6684157,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/102473/s/18499.rss","website_url":"https://thekaka.substack.com/s/hoons","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/102473/s/18499/5a77ee184097a3059717adbfeb36cf87.jpg","author":"Bernard Hickey","episode_count":217,"summary":"Bernard Hickey's discussions about the political economy in Aotearoa-NZ and in geo-politics, including issues around housing affordability, climate change inaction and child poverty reduction.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T06:20:17.555092+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hoon-6684157"},"episode":{"title":"A Mini-Hoon with David Skilling on productivity","slug":"a-mini-hoon-with-david-skilling-on-productivity","published_at":"2026-02-26T04:31:53+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hoon-6684157/a-mini-hoon-with-david-skilling-on-productivity","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hoon-6684157","url":"https://thekaka.substack.com/p/a-mini-hoon-with-david-skilling-on","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/189177912/16cc74e5281c3394f0a3abd370554a1b.mp3","summary":"Independent economist David Skilling gave a stark public presentation to Treasury officials and others yesterday that painted a brutal picture of New Zealand’s labour productivity and real wage catastrophe since 2010, pointing out our economy remained stuck in a low-investment rut with weakening trade connections. Skilling’s presentation in video form below is a must-watch and should be seen as a landmark moment ‘calling b******t’ on at least three decades of economic reforms focused on squeezing down the size of Government and keeping capital gains tax free at all costs. I spoke with David in a Substack Live this morning, referencing his presentation below. Thank you Ant O'Brien , Michael Sharpe , Steve Glicken, MD , James Wilkes , John Smart , and many others for tuning into my live video with David Skilling ! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thekaka.substack.com/subscribe","meta_description":"Independent economist David Skilling gave a stark public presentation to Treasury officials and others yesterday that painted a brutal picture of New Zeal…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1727,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-hoon-6684157/episodes/a-mini-hoon-with-david-skilling-on-productivity/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hoon-6684157/a-mini-hoon-with-david-skilling-on-productivity.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}